| The summer quarterly meeting of the Pennsylvania Fish
and Boat Commission (PFBC) that begins today is the first for the two most recent appointees to the
10-member board. Robert
Bachman, of Denver, and Steven Ketterer, of Harrisburg, were appointed and
confirmed earlier this year as the newest PFBC Commissioners
Steven M. Ketterer is serving as an at-large commissioner
for boating. Ketterer had previously served the Commission for eight years as a member of the Boating
Advisory Board. He’s employed by the City of Harrisburg and has been active in the community for many
years. A
member of Harrisburg River Rescue and Emergency Services since 1972, he became chief of the organization
in 1986. He
helped the PFBC develop its water rescue program and has helped create river rescue programs in three
Commonwealth municipalities and in the state of New Jersey.
Ketterer has been twice honored for heroism, once for
rescuing a person from a submerged car in a frozen river, and once by Governor Ridge for assisting victims
of the 1996 flood in Harrisburg. He is a member of the Keystone Aquatic Club, the Pennsylvania Boating
Association and the Pennsylvania Water Rescue Instructors Association. In addition to being very active
within boating circles, his sense of community involvement is evident in the many awards he’s received, including
the Jaycee’s
Young Man of the Year Award, a citation from the General Assembly for community service and the Elk’s Distinguished
Citizen Award.
Bachman, who will represent the Commission’s
District 6, comprised of Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York counties.
A 1956 graduate of the United States Naval Academy,
Bachman also holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Physical Oceanography from the University of Washington
and a Ph.D. in Ecology from Penn State. He spent much of his career in Maryland as Director of both
the Fish Heritage and Wildlife Administration and Fisheries Service.
He also had a long and distinguished career in the
United States Navy, serving as executive officer on two nuclear powered submarines. Bachman also served
as president of the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and on the executive committee
of the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. An avid bass and trout fisherman, Bachman
also enjoys hunting.
For more information about current Commissioners,
visit the PFBC web site at www.fishandboat.com, select ‘About
the PFBC,” then "Commissioners." There
you will find a link to a map showing Commissioner districts and a brief biography for each Commissioner.
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